---
title: "Progressive Metalcore"
type: "MusicGenre"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metalcore"
parent: "Metalcore"
bands: 9
era: "2010s"
---

# Progressive Metalcore

**Progressive Metalcore** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the 2010s. TheMetalNet maps 9 bands and 17 albums under it.

Progressive metalcore expands metalcore with the ambition of progressive metal — longer, more intricate songs, unusual time signatures, genre detours, and often the low-tuned, syncopated grooves of djent. Between the Buried and Me pioneered the sprawling, everything-at-once approach in the mid-2000s, while Periphery folded in djent precision and soaring melody. Expect harsh-and-clean vocal contrasts, technical playing, and dynamic shifts from brutal to atmospheric. It is metalcore with a composer’s ambition.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | Progressive Metalcore |
| Level | Sub-genre |
| Parent genre | Metalcore |
| Formative era | 2010s |
| Fusion genre | Yes |
| Bands | 9 |
| Albums | 17 |
| Formation span | 1991 to 2025 |

## Bands

- [Hope for the Dying](https://themetalnet.com/band/hope-for-the-dying) (United States, 2006)
- [Thornhill](https://themetalnet.com/band/thornhill) (Australia, 2015)
- [Ghost Iris](https://themetalnet.com/band/ghost-iris) (Denmark, 2012)
- [The Afterimage](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-afterimage) (Canada, 2011)
- [The End at the Beginning](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-end-at-the-beginning) (2011)
- [Aleksandra Djelmash](https://themetalnet.com/band/aleksandra-djelmash) (Serbia)
- [Picture It In Ruins](https://themetalnet.com/band/picture-it-in-ruins) (United States)
- [Dely Wisntead](https://themetalnet.com/band/dely-wisntead) (Indonesia, 1991)
- [Janelas Escuras](https://themetalnet.com/band/janelas-escuras) (2025)

## Where it is played

- [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 2 bands
- [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 1 bands
- [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 1 bands
- [Denmark](https://themetalnet.com/country/dk): 1 bands
- [Indonesia](https://themetalnet.com/country/id): 1 bands
- [Serbia](https://themetalnet.com/country/rs): 1 bands

## Bands formed by decade

| Decade | Bands formed |
| --- | --- |
| 1990s | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 |
| 2010s | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 |

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metalcore). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt